Sunday, 7 October 2012

An Oldie but a Goodie

This is my last card of the day (and weekend). I really wanted to use the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary before the challenge closed as well as the color combo at Color Me Beautiful. With that in mind, I decided to go fresh and clean and pulled out one of my oldest stamp sets Definitely Decorative Daisy.

Hmmm, doesn't look very fresh and clean, does it? Once I had the main panel stamped, I thought it was lacking something. So I dug around in one of my plastic tubs of rarely used stamps and pulled out my Linen background stamp. Once I'd stamped over the main panel, my card was going to be anything but fresh and clean, so I decided to go all out and try and meet the criteria of texture over at SUO Challenges.

I textured everything! Using either Linen background, the distressing tool or the Finial Press Embossing Folder, it was textured LOL.

The daisy was stamped using Pink Pirouette stamped full strength and Regal Rose stamped off. The leaves were Always Artichoke full strength and then stamped off. The only color I didn't use was Certainly Celery.

The banners were embossed then lightly sponged with Crumb Cake ink to highlight the embossing. The ends were curled slightly to add to the texture theme.

Oh wow...I haven't used that stamp set in ages! It was one of the first ones I loved and purchased! Love the Linen image stamped over it, too (another stamp I loved!) Thanks for playing along with the sketch challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!

I love the addition of the linen background stamp. It is fun to see an old favorite stamp set and how you have worked with it. Your card is rich with details and perfect for our sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary, TFS. Smiles, Elizabeth

This looks awesome! I love the use of the Linen background stam and I miss it terribly! Your card has so many great details and I love it! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

Such a great use of the sketch and you did a great job with the colors! I love the linen background (really should have bought that one...) and the banners are fantastic! So glad you joined us again this week at Color Me Beautiful!

About Me

I've been stamping regularly for about 16 years now and I love it! It's a great way to unwind after a hard week crunching numbers at my day job. My home life involves my DH and two sons, 19 and 14, as well as our dog Dexter.